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== Premise ==

== Premise ==

''Ghost of Yōtei'' centers around the theme of "[[underdog]] vengeance". The story is set in the environs of [[Mount Yōtei]] in [[Ezo]] (modern day [[Hokkaido]], Japan) in 1603, 329 years after the events of ''Ghost of Tsushima''. The main character, Atsu ([[Erika Ishii]]/[[Fairouz Ai]]), is a wandering ''rōnin'' who adopts the persona of the ''[[onryō]]'' – a spirit of vengeance in Japanese folklore – to exact revenge on the "Yōtei Six", led by the renegade [[samurai]] Lord Saitō and including the Snake, Oni, Kitsune, Spider, and Dragon, who were responsible for slaughtering her family and destroying her home sixteen years ago, with Atsu being pinned to a burning [[ginkgo]] tree with her father's katana and left for dead.<ref name="NYT Reveal">{{Cite web |last=Small |first=Zachary |date=September 24, 2024 |title=Sequel to Ghost of Tsushima Expands a Fresh Sony Franchise |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/arts/ghost-of-yotei-tsushima-sequel-playstation.html |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/sucker-punch-devoile-ghost-of-yotei-le-successeur-de-ghost-of-tsushima-3050859917.html |title=Sucker Punch dévoile Ghost of Yôtei, le successeur de Ghost of Tsushima |lang=fr |trans-title=Sucker Punch unveils Ghost of Yôtei, the successor to Ghost of Tsushima |last=Mambrucchi |first=Steeve |work=[[Gamekult]] |date=September 25, 2024 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ghost of Yōtei - Games |url=https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/ghost-of-yotei/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=PlayStation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=YoteiReleaseDate>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-23 |title=Ghost of Yōtei comes to PlayStation 5 on October 2 |url=https://blog.playstation.com/2025/04/23/ghost-of-yotei-comes-to-playstation-5-on-october-2/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=PlayStation.Blog |language=en-US}}</ref> The player explores a large open world and chooses the order in which to face each enemy.

''Ghost of Yōtei'' centers around the theme of "[[underdog]] vengeance". The story is set in the environs of [[Mount Yōtei]] in [[Ezo]] (modern day [[Hokkaido]], Japan) in 1603, 329 years after the events of ''Ghost of Tsushima''. The main character, Atsu ([[Erika Ishii]]/[[Fairouz Ai]]), is a wandering ''rōnin'' who adopts the persona of the ''[[onryō]]'' – a spirit of vengeance in Japanese folklore – to exact revenge on the "Yōtei Six", led by the renegade [[samurai]] Lord Saitō and including the Snake, Oni, Kitsune, Spider, and Dragon, who were responsible for slaughtering her family and destroying her home sixteen years ago, with Atsu being pinned to a burning [[ginkgo]] tree with her father's katana and left for dead.<ref name="NYT Reveal">{{Cite web |last=Small |first=Zachary |date=September 24, 2024 |title=Sequel to Ghost of Tsushima Expands a Fresh Sony Franchise |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/arts/ghost-of-yotei-tsushima-sequel-playstation.html |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamekult.com/actualite/sucker-punch-devoile-ghost-of-yotei-le-successeur-de-ghost-of-tsushima-3050859917.html |title=Sucker Punch dévoile Ghost of Yôtei, le successeur de Ghost of Tsushima |lang=fr |trans-title=Sucker Punch unveils Ghost of Yôtei, the successor to Ghost of Tsushima |last=Mambrucchi |first=Steeve |work=[[Gamekult]] |date=September 25, 2024 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ghost of Yōtei - Games |url=https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/ghost-of-yotei/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=PlayStation |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=YoteiReleaseDate>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-23 |title=Ghost of Yōtei comes to PlayStation 5 on October 2 |url=https://blog.playstation.com/2025/04/23/ghost-of-yotei-comes-to-playstation-5-on-october-2/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=PlayStation.Blog |language=en-US}}</ref> The player explores a large open world, but cannot choose the order in which to face each of the six antagonists.

== Development ==

== Development ==